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Getting from distance for geography coordinates
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22/11/2011 12:58:50
 
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Forum:
Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
SQL syntax
Environment versions
SQL Server:
SQL Server 2008
Application:
Web
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01529492
Message ID:
01529564
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20
>>By the way
>>
>>You are using a constant 3958.75586574. I believe this is the radius of the earth in miles. If you want km, I'd use 6371
>>
>>Source - http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-db.html
>
>George suggests to use


I don't care what George is suggesting

>
>I would recommend that you allow the calculations to process the data using miles. If you want the results in KM, simply multiply values by 1.609344. You could modify the CalculateDistance function to multiply by this value just prior to returning.

>
>but I don't see how did he arrive to the constants used in these formulas (I assume Michel used his scripts).
Gregory
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